Jungle
a term adopted into the English literature from Bengal (Sanskrit Jangala, "desert") and employed to designate those thickets of trees, shrubs, and reeds which abound in many parts of India, and particularly in the unhealthy tract called Terai or Tarayani, along the S. base of the Himalaya, and in the Sundarbans at the mouth of the Ganges. Tigers and other beasts of prey, elephants, boars, deer, and other quadrupeds may be found in great numbers in these thickets, with gigantic snakes and multitudes of monkeys. See BENGAL: INDIA.
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Jungle Cat
Felis chaus, a wild cat, of a yellowish-gray, inclining to reddish above and white below the muzzle and the limbs, with dark stripes, and the tail ringed with black; found dia and Africa.
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Jungle Fever
remittent a Inoce which is apt to attack Europeans others who pass through East O jungles ( forests) during the rainy fever, cod son, called also, by Anglo - Indians and med fever. adian very
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Jungle Fowl
the name sea- India to the wild species of hill Virg ( Gallus ferrugineus) which is the bpec of our domestic fowl, and to three nin form closely allied species. See POULTRY Linss the c rent land
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Juniata
a borough of Cher bushy nia, in Blair co., on the Pennsylvania which Company Railroad. Its industries clude railroad repair shops and small va- our p mills. Pop. ( 1910) 5,285; ( 1920) nia obtain in-lant,
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Juniata River
a Pennsylvania, formed near the ilk Savin the State, by the junction of the 30. cation Juniata and Frankstown branch, in in a generally E. course and JUN of publish into the Susquehanna 14 miles le tiser" Harrisburg. It is about 150 miles and though not navigable, is noted - the firs 8 the las picturesque scenery. Beside it Pennsylvania canal and railroad 1772. printed latter crossing the stream many was pul
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Junin
Important: Safety Warning This page describes preparations historically taken to end pregnancy or "bring on the menses." These substances do not work as claimed and are seriously toxic; their use has caused poisoning and death. In addition, this page prescribes plants as medicine according to pre-modern medical theory. Several of the plants named are toxic, correct identification is difficult, and the doses given have no scientific basis. Do not ingest or apply any preparation described here. This information has been left in for historical purposes but should not be acted upon. a department of Peru and wa bracing about 23,347 square miles 1773. vided nearly in the center by a the Andes mountains. While the public of vince is rich in deposits of copper excited t salt, and silver they are not yet purity os oped. Agriculture is in the same perspicui ward state, small crops of cereals studied a sugar - cane being harvested. Most zling met province is not traversed by tacks obt The capital is Cerro de Pasco. which per about 400,000. ever poss tion of th
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Juniper
a genus of ornamental evergreen trees and shrubs. The junipers are closely related to the cypress and arbor vitae. They belong to the family of conifers, but, in place of a dry cone, the fruit is inclosed in a fleshy globe much like a berry. There are at least a score of junipers. The red cedar, with fragrant wood used for cabinets and lead pencils, is a juniper. The common juniper has dark blue fruit. It has a wonderful power of adapting itself to circumstances. In a protected locality with fair soil it becomes a tree forty feet high. On a rocky, windy bank, its branches lie on the ground and its crown may not attain a height of more than a foot or two. The junipers of the Pacific coast vary similarly in habit. See Conifers
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Juniperus
a public. E plants, order Pinacea. The governmen species, J. communis, the common these lette per, is a bushy shrub with Lime many sharp - pointed leaves. It grows in the subject. N. parts of Europe, in fertile or in to be in ren soils, on hills or in valleys, on sandy plains, or in moist and close Che questio It abounds in the Alpine region of catter. zerland. All parts of the plant,
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Junius
jun'yus, Letters of, a famous series of political letters signed Junius. They were forty-four in number, and appeared in the Public Advertiser, of London. The first was published November 21, 1768. The last bore the date of January 21, 1772. The title of the first, The State of the Nation, indicates their general character. The author attacked several leading members of the ministry, denouncing them for inefficiency. He showed that he was intimately acquainted with their private lives and with the proceedings of Parliament. He had the gossip of court at his fingers' ends and lashed his enemies into a perfect fury of resentment. "Who wrote the letters of Junius?" was for decades a much argued question. The question has never been settled on circumstantial evidence. Macaulay handles the topic exhaustively, claiming that Sir Philip Francis, in point of handwriting, familiarity with government and social circles, and ability as a writer, answers the known conditions perfectly. As Francis received a lucrative appointment to a post in India at the time the correspondence ceased, it is probable that the government took this means of silencing a troublesome adversary.
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Junk
a Chinese ship of clumsy construction. It is a sailing vessel of from one to five masts. It is often of large dimensions. It has a flat bottom, a high, square prow, and a high stern. The name is applied both to river crafts and to large seagoing vessels. In an item giving the arrivals at Hong-Kong as so many steamers, ships, and junks, the latter term is used to denote native crafts. The word is of Malay origin, and appears to have no connection with the odds and ends of old rope, chain, iron, copper, bottles, and other rubbish gathered up by junk dealers.
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Junk (Open a It is the largest kind)
open a It is the largest kind woods. Chinese, Japanese, and Malays in navi It has no prominent It is the largest kind Switgating their seas. deck is square, of Chinese vessel. It has no prominent when ach side of the stem or keel. The bow on deck is square, agreee rudder susand the anchors are at each side of the and ed beneath the bow. The stern is full, the rudder suspended, and at sea is lowered beneath the having ne vessel. The The piece; the lugdepth of the bottom of the vessel. The obtained of matting. disimmense masts are in one piece; the lugsails are sometimes of matting. or SALANGAN, an in our xtremity of the Bay berries
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